-- -- and taking some serious -- after releasing her new music video hello kitty. Some critics are calling them racist the video shows -- being planted around it -- -- ancient pearl's death -- Levine occasionally -- the Japanese. -- first appeared on YouTube but it was taken down for unknown reasons since he hosted.

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